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[=>-Dead Poets Society]
Plot.
Robin Williams toned down his usually manic comic approach in this successful
period drama. In 1959, the Welton Academy is a staid but well-respected prep
school where education is a pragmatic and rather dull affair. Several of the
students, however, have their thoughts on the learning process
(and life itself) changed when a new teacher comes to the school. John
Keating (Williams) is an unconventional educator who tears chapters of his
textbooks and asks his students to stand on their desks to see the world
from a new angle. Keating introduces his students to poetry, and his
free-thinking attitude and the liberating philosophies of the authors he
introduces to his class have a profound effect on his students, especially
Todd (Ethan Hawke), who would like to be a writer; Neil
(Robert Sean Leonard), who dreams of being an actor, despite the objections
of his father; Knox (Josh Charles), a hopeless romantic; Steven
(Allelon Ruggiero), an intellectual who learns to use his heart as well as
his head; Charlie (Gale Hansen), who begins to lose his blasé attitude
unconventional Gerard (James Waterston); and practical Richard
(Dylan Kussman). Keating urges his students to seize the day and live their
lives boldly; but when this philosophy leads to an unexpected tragedy,
headmaster Mr. Nolan (Norman Lloyd) fires Keating, and his students leap to
his defence. Dead Poets Society was nominated for four Academy Awards,
including Best Picture and Best Actor for Williams; it won one, for Tom
Schulman's original screenplay.
Stars.
=>-Robin Williams : John Keating.
=>-Ethan Hawke : Todd Anderson.
=>-Kurtwood Smith : Mr Perry.
=>-Norman Lloyd : Mr Nolan.
=>-Robert Sean Leonard : Neil Perry.
=>-Josh Charles : Knox Overstreet.
Director.
=>-Peter Weir.
Info.
=>-Genre : Action : Adventure : Sci-Fi.
=>-Release Date : 1989.
=>-Language : English.
=>-File Size : 3.41 GiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 3 793 Kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 2h 08mn.
=>-Chapters : 10 Named.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1.
=>-Resolution : 1 920 x 1 040.
=>-Bit rate : 1 555 Kbps.
Audio 1 English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 128 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 262 Kbps.
Audio 2 English.
=>-Codec : Digital Audio Compression AC-3.
=>-Channels : 6-Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE.
=>-Bit Rate : 640 Kbps.
=>-Bit rate mode : Constant.
Audio 3 Italian.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 128 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 266 Kbps.
Subtitles Softsubbed SubRip MicroDVD.
=>-English.
=>-Italian.
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